there is a specific game that is very final fantasy 7 like
its open world map looks a little like this
- the game is fully 3D middling graphics and mostly not too buggy
- you start in a dark place that eventually becomes a town that you kind of build
- you go out on to a world map looking to fight capture and breed monsters
- there are turn based battles
- the game challanges you to find compatible monsters to breed to create new hybrids
- fairly in-depth tracking system for it
- it might be a japanse game but it ws obviously in english or i would have no idea how to play
its open world map looks a little like this